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Just to give you an idea, I've been shaving about 4 times a week with the same razor since Christmas. No honing needed so far, just some touch up on a pasted paddle here and there. It's shaved...

To address your original question, honing alone will not remove the gold wash. Polishing the blade surface (MAAS, sandpaper, etc) will do so, however.

The part of the blade with the goldwash...